Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[RoyalChick]

One eye.

Was there a fight? Injury maybe?

 

[Sylvester017]

Devious little velociraptors!

I just got a vision of a giant dinosaur Silkie?!

 

[RoyalChick]

'Keeper of the Tooth Eaters' and 'Servant of the Tooth Eaters' also have a nice ring to them

Tooth-eaters keeper.
Teeth for eating.
Eat my teeth.

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

So freakin' ADORABLE!!! Is that Silver Silkie in the group "Poppet"? All chicks look bigger than her if that Silver is Poppet. She is the cutest button ~ or maybe cuz the Silver color stands out more.

Yes the silver is Poppet. I had hoped and frankly expected if there were any partridges they would be silver like her. Instead the 2 partridges are gold. They totally took me by surprise but I am loving them. There are so many genes and modifiers in the silkie genetics I have learned to take what you THINK you know about color genetics and throw it out the window. If the little splayed leg chick from @Ponypoor eggs that hatched had survived it would be blue. It came from a fluffy egg. Explain how a silver partridge and white silkie produced blue? I cannot other then Fluffy is dominate white and it is hiding her true color which would be blue. I totally understand and support her decision on not hatching anymore chicks from her flock. That blue chick though, it would have me sorely tempted to borrow the rooster again and put him only with Fluffy. Once I had a dozen eggs I would only set them in hopes of at least 1 more blue chick. We now know it is possible outcome.

Here is some more pictures of Poppet yesterday.

 

[rural mouse]

Yes + another blue Jersey Giant and a light Brahma

Somehow a terrible but catchy song about Big Butts comes to mind....

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Somehow a terrible but catchy song about Big Butts comes to mind....

I like Fluffy Butts and I cannot Lie....

I easily could have done "I like Fluffy Feet and I cannot Lie"

 

[rural mouse]

If it is just one eye it might just be an injury? I would guess if it was a respiratory infection that BOTH eyes would be affected & she'd be more lethargic w/no desire to eat/forage/dustbathe? So hard to diagnose chickens when symptoms can be anything w/them!

Ocular Mareks is also a thing. @notabitail might be worth investigating that too.

 

[rural mouse]

I like Fluffy Butts and I cannot Lie....

I easily could have done "I like Fluffy Feet and I cannot Lie"

There's a good idea off of it! I couldn't get past the original words

 

[RoyalChick]

Yes the silver is Poppet. I had hoped and frankly expected if there were any partridges they would be silver like her. Instead the 2 partridges are gold. They totally took me by surprise but I am loving them. There are so many genes and modifiers in the silkie genetics I have learned to take what you THINK you know about color genetics and throw it out the window. If the little splayed leg chick from @Ponypoor eggs that hatched had survived it would be blue. It came from a fluffy egg. Explain how a silver partridge and white silkie produced blue? I cannot other then Fluffy is dominate white and it is hiding her true color which would be blue. I totally understand and support her decision on not hatching anymore chicks from her flock. That blue chick though, it would have me sorely tempted to borrow the rooster again and put him only with Fluffy. Once I had a dozen eggs I would only set them in hopes of at least 1 more blue chick. We now know it is possible outcome.

Here is some more pictures of Poppet yesterday.
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Poppet really is a spectacular looking chicken.

 

[rural mouse]

Next Thursday the littles are 4 months old. Time has flown by. Yesterday evening was really the first time Momma Poppet took notice of them while they were out and about. They are almost as big as she is. I spent a good portion of my time outside trying to get a family photo of sorts.

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I know I sound like a broken record, but these were bittersweet. It should be Branch, not Randy standing in the background watching like the proud Papa. He would have adored these chicks and been right in the middle of them all.

So.....can you tell genders for certain on the little silkies yet?